diff --git a/src/gui/image/qimagereader.cpp b/src/gui/image/qimagereader.cpp
index 1d6e9fc15e2..a91805c3f38 100644
--- a/src/gui/image/qimagereader.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/image/qimagereader.cpp
@@ -484,9 +484,9 @@ QImageReaderPrivate::QImageReaderPrivate(QImageReader *qq)
 */
 QImageReaderPrivate::~QImageReaderPrivate()
 {
+    delete handler;
     if (deleteDevice)
         delete device;
-    delete handler;
 }
 
 /*!
diff --git a/src/gui/image/qimagewriter.cpp b/src/gui/image/qimagewriter.cpp
index 6f0d7642d87..9a2ba85afde 100644
--- a/src/gui/image/qimagewriter.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/image/qimagewriter.cpp
@@ -315,9 +315,9 @@ QImageWriter::QImageWriter(const QString &fileName, const QByteArray &format)
 */
 QImageWriter::~QImageWriter()
 {
+    delete d->handler;
     if (d->deleteDevice)
         delete d->device;
-    delete d->handler;
     delete d;
 }